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Green Day, Weezer, Fall Out Boy confirm tour, new albums

September 11, 2019

Rivers Cuomo of Weezer performs during the “Hella Mega Tour” announcement show at Whisky a Go Go on September 10, 2019 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Timothy Norris/Getty Images for Live Nation)

It’s official: as hinted earlier this week, Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer are joining forces for the Hella Mega stadium tour, which will kick off in Europe in June and hit North America after that. The first U.S. date is July 17th at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park, with the trek wrapping up on August 29th at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.

The opening act for the entire tour will be the Interrupters. They’ll play first every night, followed by Weezer, Fall Out Boy and then Green Day to close out the show. All three bands were scheduled at press time to play a special preview gig on Tuesday night (September 10th) at the Whiskey A Go Go in Los Angeles.

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong said the tour was his band’s idea, explaining, “We talked about how we weren’t really wanting to do stadiums and do something that was like throwback to the Monsters of Rock Tour. There was, of course, Fall Out Boy and Weezer and now we’re stoked.”

Bassist Mike Dirnt told us a while back that Green Day is at its best on the stage: “I mean, whenever we go out on the stage, we always want to give a hundred and fifty percent, you know, and just kill it, and leave that stage just annihilated.”

All three bands have released new songs to promote the tour: Green Day’s “Father of All…” comes from the trio’s new album of the same name, which arrives February 7th. Weezer’s new song, “The End Of The Game,” comes from its upcoming LP Van Weezer, which will come out May 15th. Fall Out Boy’s new tune, “Dear Future (Hands Up),” will appear on its upcoming compilation album Greatest Hits: Believers Never Die — Volume Two.

CHECK IT OUT: Hear the new songs from Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer:

SIDE NOTES: Billie Joe Armstrong told Apple Music about the new Green Day LP, “(The album) is only 26 minutes long, so it’s the shortest record we’ve made, I think since Dookie or Insomnia. I realized I hate long songs.”

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Green Day plays The Pageant in St. Louis on Wednesday, October 26th, 2016 in support of Revolution Radio.